Key holder



Patented FehnZ, 1926.

4PATENT orifice.

JOSEPH MATALONI, OF MASON CITY, IOWA.

KEY i HOLDER.

Application ined May 5, leas. serial No. 28,108.

T 0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MATALONI,

a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Mason City, in the county ofCerro Gordo and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Key Holders, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in keyholders and it is theprincipal object of the invention to provide a key-holder, the ring orloop of which is locked in a novel and convenient manner to allow theready attachment and removal of keys.

Another object of the. invention is the provision of a key-holder of asimple and inexpensive construction adapted to be readily attached to asupport.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a key holderallowing a convenient swinging about its pivot when unlocked.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a keyholderequipped with a 'double locking and releasing means for the kcy-holder.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will become morefully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will. then bespecifically defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a. front elevation of a keyr holder constructed according tothe present invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a` sectional front elevation of the key-holder and the lockingmeans.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a modilied form. of locking means.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of another modified form. of lockingmeans.

'lhe key holder comprises a block 1 0 to which a hanger 11 `is securedin any well known manner.

The block 10 has a lateral bore 12 near one of its side edges for thereception of the upper end of one shank of a strong wire loop 13 whichhas a circumferential groove 14 adapted to be engaged by a pin 15 inblock l0 allowing a rotaticn ,of the loop shank while holding itsecurely attached to the block.

The loop 1B has a suitable curvature and its opposite end is providedwith a notch 16 or the like, adapted to be introduced into a bore 17 ofthe block 10 near the opposite endl wall of the same, having'boreV -12therein and parallel thereto.

end of the pin 19 is beveled or reduced as at 23, and adapted to engageinto the notch 16.

The holder is hung in the usual manner from a hook 24 suitably bent to?be hung from any suitable support 25.

- The modification of the device illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 showsthe hanger 11 attached to a block 26 having a bore 27 therein for thereception of one shank end of loop 13 which has a cut-away portion 28 inits side wall and also a circumferential groove 14 near its upper end,while 'the pin 15 traveling along the cut-away portion 28 allows adisplacement of the shank of 13 with in certain limits `and byengagement with groove 14 prevents an. entire withdrawal, while allowinga. rotation of the shank 13. The other shank of loop 13 is adapted to beintroduced into a bore 17 of block 26 and has a circumferential groove29 adapted to be engaged by a. piu 3() entering a lateral bore of block26. On its opposite side said groove 29 is engaged by the end of the pin19 moving in the bore 18 in which the spring 20 bears against the end ofsaid pin and against the end wall of the bore, while a pin 31 moving ina recess 32 of block 26 limits the movements of pin 19.

The modification illustrated in Figure 7 combines the forms shown inFigures 4 and 5, having an upper gripping p-in 33 and a lateraloperating pin 34 for the operation of the pin 19.

The operation of the device will be entirely clear from the abovedescription, the op eration of the pins by means of handles 21, 30, 33211111.34, will release the Shank ai loop 13, and allow a rotation ofthe same about its pivot 14 and 15, so that keys, etc. may convenientlybe attached or removed thereto, whereafter the shank is locked again inan evident manner.

hile the description and drawing illusi trate some of the forms of myinvention,lby way of example, it is to be understood that such changesmay be madein the'construction oi the minor details as fall within thescopel of my device 'without departure from' A key-holder comprising' ablock havingA two parallel transversal boresitherein and a horizontallydisposed bore, a wire loop having a circumferential groove in one of itsShanks, and a notch in the other, a pinin said block engaging saidgroove for holding said loop in saidy blockv against withdrawal butpermitting a rotation of the same, a spring controlled pin in saidhorizontal bore adapted to engage the notch in said loop shank forlocking the parts in their engaged positions and a means for breakingsaid engagement to allow an opening and rotationoil said loop for theattachment and removal of keys.' l

Inv testimony'whereof I have alixed `my signature. ,n

JOSEPH MATALONI.

